re: Is it wrong of me to root against Israel?(Posted by Jahel on 11/17/12 at 10:53 am to VOR)

interesting

was Israel the first successful "Welfare nation"?

The Jews didn't really do anything to deserve or earn the land,money,or weapons...did they?

quote: their military successes haven't been that impressive in recent years, right?

just like what we have done in south and central america....give money and weapons to some group and they take over the Government(el salvador, guatemala, uraguay, etc,etc) Only one I can remebemer not working was Nicaragua, and that was due to Iran-Contra halting the operation.

Should we go around praising the successes of the El Salvadorian Junta and the 35,000 people they killed?

re: Is it wrong of me to root against Israel?(Posted by Zach on 11/17/12 at 10:54 am to VOR)

quote: I don't like their food. Now this is just crazy talk.

No really. They get too creative. Creative can be bad. Like this one place that fed brandy to sparrows until they got fat. Then killed them, plucked the feathers off and roasted them. You had to eat the whole sparrow... beak, head and all while wearing a towel over your head to get the aroma.

What did the Arabs do to deserve the windfall bonanza of oil they enjoy? NOTHING.

Truth of the matter is: If not for oil, the Middle East would be the biggest stain/blight on this planet. And with oil, it is still the biggest stain/blight on this planet. Secret: it isn't because of the Jews...

The hypocrisy of everyone defending the muslims is amusing as hell. I would venture to say that the majority of the posters on here defending the muslims would have been buried neck deep and stoned long ago. Yet, they hate Israel. Go Figure????

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quote:what did the Palestinians do that they deserved to have their land taken from them by the Western World?....Not have big enough guns?

I see Indian Reservations in Oklahoma. Should we give the USA back to them?

We are giving Texas back to the Mexicans...so, why not kick all of the White Europeans out of the Continental US and ship them all back to Europe...and while we are at it, send the Blacks back to Africa, that way they can once and for all truly be "African Americans"...

re: Is it wrong of me to root against Israel?(Posted by Malik Agar on 11/17/12 at 11:46 am to NimbleCat)

quote:What did the Arabs do to deserve the windfall bonanza of oil they enjoy? NOTHING. Truth of the matter is: If not for oil, the Middle East would be the biggest stain/blight on this planet. And with oil, it is still the biggest stain/blight on this planet. Secret: it isn't because of the Jews... The hypocrisy of everyone defending the muslims is amusing as hell. I would venture to say that the majority of the posters on here defending the muslims would have been buried neck deep and stoned long ago. Yet, they hate Israel. Go Figure????

re: Is it wrong of me to root against Israel?(Posted by Jahel on 11/17/12 at 12:13 pm to NimbleCat)

quote:If it wasn't for Israel, they would be fighting each other....Iraq/Iran. Iraq/Kuwait.

quote:But when the Ottoman Empire was defeated by British Empire forces after the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in 1918, the Arab population was met with what it perceived as betrayal by the British. The British and French governments concluded a secret treaty (the Sykes-Picot Agreement) to partition the Middle East between them and, additionally, the British promised via the Balfour Declaration the international Zionist movement their support in creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Historically known as the site of the ancient Jewish Kingdom of Israel and successor Jewish nations for 1,200 years between approximately 1100BC-100AD, the region now had a large Arab population also from the 7th century. When the Ottomans departed, the Arabs proclaimed an independent state in Damascus, but were too weak, militarily and economically, to resist the European powers for long, and Britain and France soon established control and re-arranged the Middle East to suit themselves.Skyes Picot Agreement: Division of Territory